7. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [38776/26]

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The recent RTÉ "Prime Time" programme on dereliction should shame the Government into action on this issue. It showed that driving the blight of dereliction is an abject failure of enforcement as well as a failure to even record the number of properties that are being left to rot in our towns, villages and cities. The problem is painfully visible in east Cork. Castlemartyr is a beautiful, historic village with enormous potential but large parts of its main street have been scarred by long-standing, egregious dereliction. It is well-known locally that much of that dereliction in Castlemartyr is linked to one family. This is not just about appearances. It damages community pride, housing supply, tourism appeal and heritage, and creates a wider impression of neglect and decay. How has this been allowed to happen for so long? There is no excuse for it. Will the Taoiseach commit to a proper national register, stronger enforcement and full collection of levies?

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22. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet. [38777/26]

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I raise the case of Paudie Cody from north Cork. As the Taoiseach knows, the Cody family has already suffered the devastating loss of Paudie's younger brother, Rory, to Friedreich's ataxia. Paudie, who is 16, is living with the same cruel condition and his health is deteriorating. I welcome the compassion the Taoiseach showed in meeting Paudie's father, Craig, in recent days and his commitment to do everything he can to help secure access to Skyclarys for Paudie and other patients who may benefit from it. I also acknowledge the strong advocacy of the Taoiseach's colleague, Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, on this. I join other TDs, including Deputy O'Sullivan, in asking that this commitment be followed through with real urgency and that Paudie and other patients are not left waiting. There is a wider injustice here. The reimbursement system too often leaves families trapped in a process where time is lost as a condition progresses. Will the Taoiseach exhaust all efforts to try to bring forward the HSE drugs group discussion on Skyclarys from July to June so that Paudie and his family are not waiting unnecessarily any longer?

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